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BILL CURRY OTTAWA -- The Prime Minister of France is urging the European Union to impose a punitive import tax on goods from countries such as Canada that refuse to sign on to a tougher second phase of the global warming deal. Dominique de Villepin said countries that do not commit to new...

How can we combat mutual fear between Western and Muslim societies? A cross-cultural group of prominent world figures, drawn together by the UN, has called for urgent efforts to heal the divide between societies. The panel says the main causes of the rift are not religion or history, but...

In the run up to next year’s elections to the Scottish Parliament the Scotsman newspaper has begun commissioning regular monthly polls from ICM. These will be the first regular Scottish polls since the System Three polls for the Herald petered out in 2003. 51% of respondents told ICM they would...

MI5 knows of 30 terror plots threatening the UK and is keeping 1,600 individuals under surveillance, the security service's head has said. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller warned the threat was "serious" and "growing". She said future attacks could be chemical or nuclear and that many of the...

Bolton unlikely to win Senate approval Recess appointment term as U.N. ambassador expires in January. WASHINGTON - Prospects for extending John Bolton's job as U.N. ambassador essentially died Thursday as Democrats and a pivotal Republican said they would continue to oppose the nomination...

A nice tribute from an American Navy Captain One American's View. David Meadows is a retired US Navy Captain And the author of numerous books and articles on military subjects. This message was on the U.S. Military.Com website. You will find it Quite positive. It appears that Mr. Meadows...

BREAKING NEWS NBC, MSNBC and news services Updated: 12 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994, as NBC News reported that...

I hereby make these promises to you. We will protect your lives and livelihoods. We will listen to and respect your beliefs. We will never try to force you to change your religion, sexual orientation, or first language. We will do our best to reduce the number of abortions in our...

Well that didn't take too long now did it. :D BREAKING NEWS GOP officials: Rumsfeld stepping down Defense chief has been a prime target of war critics in midterm elections

that killed a million in Rwanda An unprecedented public inquiry into France's role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda held hearings in Kigali last week, where the French army was accused of complicity in massacres of Tutsi. The seven-person examining commission is hearing testimony from 20...

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TEHRAN, Nov 1, 2006 (AFP) - A Frenchman was among the winners of a controversial competition for cartoons on the Holocaust announced by Iranian Culture Minister Mohammad Hossein Saffar-Harandi Wednesday. The Frenchman, whose name and entry were not released to protect him from possible...

The question is simple, the why is something you have to explain.

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Jesus, Moses, Hitler, Ceasar.....etc? What do you think? What makes someone a great leader? Are they supposed to inspire the masses?

One of the country's leading war historians has amassed disturbing evidence that German troops trying to surrender during the First World War were "frequently executed" by Canadian soldiers gripped by fear or hungry for revenge. In a lengthy article that appears in the latest Journal of Military...

To everyone North of the 49th. :)

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By Dick Field Wednesday, October 4, 2006 The Canadian left wing media of little conscience continues on its dangerous, overly zealous way of accusing the RCMP of incompetence and making Mr. Arar a pathetic downtrodden victim of our security police. Before everybody falls down on their knees...

A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed to reach a decision. The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance that range from no change to complete overhaul. The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference due to take...

THE HAGUE, 13/09/06 - Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner considers the Netherlands should give Muslims more freedoms to behave according to their traditions. Muslims refusing to shake hands is fine with him. And Sharia law could be introduced in the Netherlands democratically, in the minister's...